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380 NOTESKommission zu Bern. Bulletin (Bulletin of the International SocialistCommittee in Berne) in German, French and English languageeditions. Six issues appeared between September 1915 and January1917. p. 1389Vorbote (The Herald)—theoretical organ of the Zimmerwald Left,published in German in Berne. Two issues appeared, in Januaryand April 1916. The official publishers were Roland-Holst and Pannekoek.Lenin had an active share in founding the magazine and, afterthe appearance of its first issue, in organising a French edition toreach a wider readership. A keen discussion was conducted on itspages by Left Zimmerwaldists on the right of nations to self-determinationand the “disarmament” slogan. p. 14Sotsial-Demokrat—illegal Central Organ of the R.S.D.L.P. publishedfrom February 1908 to January 1917. After unsuccessful attemptsto issue the first number of the paper in Russia, publicationwas arranged abroad. Nos. 2-32 (February 1909-December 1913)were put out in Paris and Nos. 33-58 (November 1914-January 1917)in Geneva. Altogether, 58 issues appeared, five of which had supplements.From December 1911, Sotsial-Demokrat was edited byLenin and carried more than 80 of his articles and shorter items.Lenin directed all the affairs of the paper, decided on the contentsof the current issue, edited the various contributions andlooked after the production side.During the First World War, Sotsial-Demokrat played an outstandingpart in combating international opportunism, nationalismand chauvinism, in popularising the Bolshevik slogans and in awakeningthe working class and the working people generally forstruggle against the imperialist war and its instigators, against thetsarist autocracy and capitalism. Sotsial-Demokrat also played amajor part in uniting the internationalist forces in the Social-Democratic movement. p. 1410The Zimmerwald Left was formed on Lenin’s initiative at the InternationalSocialist Conference in Zimmerwald in September 1915.The group consisted of eight of the Conference delegates, representingthe R.S.D.L.P. Central Committee, Left Social-Democrats inSweden, Norway, Switzerland and Germany, the Polish Social-Democratic opposition and the Latvian Social-Democrats. Led byLenin, it combated the Centrist conference majority. Its draftresolutions and draft Manifesto condemning the war, exposingthe treachery of the social-chauvinists and emphasising the needfor active struggle against the war were rejected by the Centristmajority. However, the Zimmerwald Left did succeed in includingin the adopted Manifesto a number of important points from its draftresolution. Regarding the Manifesto as a first step in the struggleagainst the imperialist war, the Zimmerwald Left voted for it, butin a special statement pointed out its inadequacy and inconsistency.At the same time, the group stated that while it would remain part